Aplex ADP-1224A, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version Remark Aug 2012 V1 0 2012 Aplex Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Published in Taiwan Aplex Technology Inc 15F 1 No 186 Jian Yi Road Zhonghe District New Taipei City 235 Taiwan Tel 886 2 82262881 Fax 886 2 82262883 E mail aplex aplex com tw URL www aplex com tw ...

Page 2: ...operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Disclaimer This information in this document is subject to change without notice In no event shall Aplex Technology Inc be liable for damages of any kin...

Page 3: ... 3 Main Menu 11 2 4 AD Board VA 3600 OSD Functions 13 Chapter 3 Control Board 3 1 Introduction to PenMount Control Board 14 3 2 Features 15 3 3 Electrical Specifications 15 3 4 Installation of Control Board 16 Chapter 4 Installation 4 1 Windows 2000 XP Driver Installation 17 4 2 Configuring PenMount Windows 2000 XP Driver 21 4 3 Uninstall PenMount Windows 2000 XP Driver 31 Chapter 5 Software 5 1 S...

Page 4: ...ions 40 Appendix B Controller IC Specifications 41 Figures Figure 1 1 Dimensions of ADP 1224A 6 Figure 1 2 Front View of ADP 1224A 7 Figure 1 3 Rear View of ADP 1224A 7 Figure 3 1 Bird Eye s View of Control Board 14 Figure 3 2 Mechanical Drawing of Control Board 14 ...

Page 5: ...t Default VGA Input AC 100 240V input Optional DVI Video S Video Touch I O 3 Pin terminal block DC11 32V input Touch Screen Type Optional Resistive Type Light Transmission 80 Power Supply Power Input AC 100 240V input Optional for DC 11 32V Mechanical Construction Steel Housing IP Rating Front Panel IP65 Mounting VESA 100x100 Mount Dimensions WxHxD 557 W x362 H x68 D mm Environmental Operating Tem...

Page 6: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 6 1 2 Dimensions Figure 1 1 Dimensions of the ADP 1224A ...

Page 7: ...60 V degrees and more outstanding features thus giving you the best in monitoring and control applications The front panel of the display is sealed IP65 rating when it is VESA mounted in a NEMA rated cabinet or enclosure It is optional to be equipped with a resistive touch screen Figure 1 2 Front View of the ADP 1224A Figure 1 3 Rear View of the ADP 1224A ...

Page 8: ... Display Mode Display Mode Hori Sync KHz Vert Sync Hz 31 60 VGA 640 x 480 38 72 38 75 35 56 SVGA 800 x 600 38 60 48 72 47 75 48 60 XGA 1024 x 768 56 70 60 75 SXGA 1152 x 864 68 75 1280 x 1024 64 60 80 75 Full HD 1920 x 1080 75 60 ...

Page 9: ...n press don t let them go the buttons until the AC power cord is connected and the RGB appears on the top left corner of your screen Now it can be put into the burn in mode for changing colors 2 Getting Out of Burn in Mode Before getting out of the burn in mode please first disconnect the AC power cord Then press the button If not workable press the button and don t let them go until the AC power ...

Page 10: ...Menu and then adjust the quality with the or key 1 If the RGB is still on the top left corner of the screen press to enter Miscellaneous and choose Reset and then Yes and press When the screen goes black disconnect power and repeat the above steps 2 If the RGB is not found disconnect the AC power cord first Then press the buttons don t let them go until the AC power cord is connected and wait for ...

Page 11: ...n menu there are the following items Color Image Setting Position OSD Menu Language Misc Exit For Color check out the following Contrast Brightness Color Adjust Color Temp Back For Image setting check out the following Clock Phase Gamma Sharpness Back ...

Page 12: ...OSD H Pos OSD V Pos OSD Timer Back In the Language menu there are English Frances Germany Spanish Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese In the Misc menu there are Signal Source Select VGA Analogue VGA Input Select DVI Digital DVI D Input Select AV Composite Video Input Select SV S Video Video Input Reset Back ...

Page 13: ... let your fingers go until the AC power cord is connected again and the wording of RGB appears on the top left corner of your screen and wait for 3 second Under the non signal entry situation if is seen exit is thus successfully made When the Burn in Mode is Unable to Eradicate 4 If the RGB is still on the top left corner of the screen press to enter Miscellaneous and choose Reset and then Yes and...

Page 14: ... computer system s RS 232 port and supports 4 5 and 8 wire touch screens The control board has some advanced functions such as PnP and non PnP mode adjustable baud rate thus making easy for customers to select different touch screens without changing the control board The size of the board is 26 by 60mm and it has two connectors and one dipswitch on board Figure 3 1 Bird s Eye View of PenMount 903...

Page 15: ...peed sampling rate 4 5 and 8 wire touch screen supported Touch screen cable RS 232 with power cable connectors onboard 5V to 12V power input Circuit protection for input voltage Touch activated LED indicator onboard 3 3 Electrical Specifications Touch Screen 4 5 and 8 wire analog resistive type Touch Screen Controller DMC9000 Communications RS 232 Baud Rate 19200 and 9600 baud rate selection Resol...

Page 16: ...e back of the computer 3 Find the white 9 pin right angle connector on the right in the image above see Figure 3 1 Attach the female end of the touch screen cable to this connector If you attach the cable of a 4 5 8 wire touch screen to pins 1 5 1 6 1 9 attach the male end of the cable to the touch screen tail 4 Mount your touch screen to the display 5 Find the onboard DIP switch on the upper righ...

Page 17: ...Mount Serial Interface controller board installed Contents of the PenMount Windows 2000 XP driver folder are listed below DMC9000 inf DMC9000 sys DMC9000 cat SETUP EXE If you have an older version of the PenMount Windows 2000 XP driver installed in your system please remove it first Follow the steps below to install the PenMount Windows 2000 XP driver 1 When the system first detects the controller...

Page 18: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 18 2 Insert the PenMount Driver CD ROM Go to the Windows 2000 XP Driver folder Click setup exe 3 The screen displays the installation wizard for the PenMount software Click Next ...

Page 19: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 19 4 A License Agreement appears Click I accept and Next 5 The Ready to Install the Program screen appears Select Install ...

Page 20: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 20 6 The next screen is Hardware Installation Select Continue Anyway 7 The InstallShield Wizard Completed appears Click Finish ...

Page 21: ...ple Monitors Option and About which are explained in the following sections Calibrate This function offers two ways to calibrate your touch screen Standard Calibration adjusts most touch screens Advanced Calibration adjusts aging touch screens Standard Calibration Click this button and arrows appear pointing to red squares Use your finger or stylus to touch the red squares in sequence After the fi...

Page 22: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 22 NOTE The older the touch screen is the more Advanced Mode calibration points you need for an accurate calibration Use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy ...

Page 23: ...Calibration Data Check this function and a touch panel linearity comparison graph appears when you have finished Advanced Calibration The blue lines show linearity before calibration and black lines show linearity after calibration ...

Page 24: ...cation Click Draw to start Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen will register touch activity such as left right up down pen up and pen down Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen will register touch activity such as left right up down pen up and pen down ...

Page 25: ...her installed inside the display or in a central unit The PenMount control boards must be connected to the computer COM ports via the RS 232 interface Driver installation procedures are the same as for a single monitor Multiple Monitors support the following modes Windows Extends Monitor Function Matrox DualHead Multi Screen Function nVidia nView Function NOTE The Multiple Monitor function is for ...

Page 26: ...al 26 Enable the multiple display function as follows 1 Check the Enable Multiple Monitor Support box then click Map Touch Screens to assign touch controllers to displays 2 When the mapping screen message appears click OK ...

Page 27: ...e of the screens Touch the screen 2 Touch the red square messages appear Touch the red squares in sequence 3 Continue calibration for each monitor by clicking Standard Calibration and touching the red squares NOTES 1 If you use a single VGA output for multiple monitors please do not use the Multiple Monitor function Just follow the regular procedure for calibration on each of your desktop monitors...

Page 28: ...t the PenMount controller and this driver version PenMount Monitor Menu Icon The PenMount monitor icon PM appears in the menu bar of Windows 2000 XP system when you turn on the PenMount Monitor in the PenMount Utilities The PenMount Monitor has the following functions ...

Page 29: ...in the right bottom of the screen Click this icon to switch between Right and Left Button functions Pen Stabilizer Check this function to reduce cursor vibration for relatively unstable touch screens or where there may be excess vibration Normally this function is not checked Exit Exits the PenMount Monitor function ...

Page 30: ... such as Portrait s Pivot Screen Rotation Software ATI Display Driver Rotating Function nVidia Display Driver Rotating Function SMI Display Driver Rotating Function Intel 845G GE Display Driver Rotating Function Configuring the Rotation Function 1 Install the rotation software package 2 Choose the rotating function 0 90 180 270 in the 3rd party software The calibration screen appears automatically...

Page 31: ...tor PM in the menu bar 2 Go to Settings then Control Panel and then click Add Remove program Select PenMount DMC9000 and click the Add Remove button 3 Select PenMount DMC9000 and DMC9100 Click the Remove button 4 Select Yes and Close to remove the PenMount Windows 2000 XP driver and reboot the system ...

Page 32: ...unctions and their availability for specific interface and systems are shown in the table below a description for each function follows Software Function DOS Win 3 1 95 2000 X P NT 2000 XP CE Linux QNX Standard Calibration Advanced Calibration Multiple Monitors Multi Device Rotation Stream Point mode Drawing mode Beep Sound Beep sound adjustable Wake up function Showing linearity Right button Hide...

Page 33: ...cy Errors in calibration may occur due to viewing angle or individual skill and there may be little difference in using 16 or 25 points Note that a stylus is recommended for the most accurate results Multiple Monitors Until now most touch screen systems only support one monitor and users of multiple monitors have not been able to use touch screen systems This situation has inspired PenMount to des...

Page 34: ...same image Software that supports this function includes the PenMount 9000 2000 XP drivers and the PenMount 5000 2000 XP 2000 XP CE drivers The drivers for PenMount 9000 can support up to six control boards and the drivers for PenMount 5000 support up to 16 Comparing Functions The difference between the Multiple Monitors function and the Multiple Devices function are illustrated below or The Multi...

Page 35: ...with 9000 Control Boards 1 Configure your computer hardware 2 Attach each 9000 Control Board to a different computer s serial port 3 Install the appropriate PenMount software driver in each computer 4 Use each driver s Calibration function to calibrate each computer s touch screen You must calibrate each touch screen before configuration is complete Rotation There are currently a number of softwar...

Page 36: ...1224A User Manual 36 to touch Once the point is touched the software driver understands which degree you plan to rotate your display The rotation function supports 90 180 and 270 degrees rotation 0 degrees ...

Page 37: ...ADP 1224A User Manual 37 90 degrees 180 degrees 270 degrees ...

Page 38: ...rence of noise and smooths the drawing of lines Beep Sound All of PenMount s drivers support the beep sound function however some PC systems may only offer a fixed buzzer sound Beep Sound Adjustable Software drivers for Windows systems let the user adjust the frequency and length of the beep sound The drivers let the user adjust the desired touch screen sound as well as turn the sound off Wake Up ...

Page 39: ...aring when using the touch screen The cursor appears when the user turns this function off Cursor Offset The Cursor Offset function lets the user adjust the position of the touch point to a desired location away from the real touch point Double Click Area and Speed The Double Click Area and Speed function lets the user adjust the double click area and speed to their personal preference About This ...

Page 40: ...stment Input voltage is 5V to 12V Bundled with PenMount drivers which are also available for download from our website Connector Pin Definitions Pin definitions for the two connectors on the PenMount 9036 control board follow Connector Pin Definitions for Touch Screen Pin definition wires 4 wire touch screen 5 wire touch screen 8 wire touch screen PIN 9 N A N A Right Sense PIN 8 N A N A Left Sense...

Page 41: ...circuit board Electrical Specifications Touch Screen 4 5 8 wire Package 28 pin PDIP or 32 pin TQFP Communications RS 232 Characteristics 8 bit RISC microprocessor with built in functions including 10 bit ADC UART Timer Counter Comparator Watchdog Memory etc Voltage Range 4 0V to 6 0V Power Consumption at 4 MHz 3V Active 3 4 mA Idle Mode 1 4mA Power Down Mode 1 µA Operating Temperature 40o C to 85o...